- In genetics, a
polygenic score (PGS) is a
number that
summarizes the
estimated effect of many
genetic variants on an individual's phenotype. The PGS is...
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influence a
phenotypic trait, thus
contributing to multiple-gene
inheritance (
polygenic inheritance,
multigenic inheritance,
quantitative inheritance), a type...
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Polygenic adaptation describes a
process in
which a po****tion
adapts through small changes in
allele frequencies at
hundreds or
thousands of loci. Many...
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phenotypic trait,
which varies in
degree and
which can be
attributed to
polygenic effects, i.e., the
product of two or more genes, and
their environment...
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effects of
environmental factors. In fact, the
terms 'multifactorial' and '
polygenic' are used as
synonyms and
these terms are
commonly used to
describe the...
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majority of
total autism cases. In most[quantify] cases, its
cause is
polygenic.[citation needed] A 2017 study[relevant?]
proposed to
replace the classification...
- Look up
polygenesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Polygenesis can
refer to:
Polygenesis (linguistics), a
theory of
language origin Polygenism, a...
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controversial paper published in 2019
claimed that a
Jewish sample had
higher polygenic scores for
educational attainment and
cognitive ability than
other religious...
- The
infinitesimal model, also
known as the
polygenic model, is a
widely used
statistical model in
quantitative genetics and in genome-wide ****ociation...
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typically arise from the
combined effects of
multiple genes,
known as "
polygenic,"
although in
certain cases, they may stem from a
single gene defect,...
